I spoke to Chris at coralvue about this fixture. It will be available in the 4th week of January 2013 in the US. So like february in all likelihood.

I spoke to Jeremy at premium aquatics about this light as well and he told me that it throws a fairly narrow beam when mounted on the tank. It was designed to provide high lighting for reef applications and it seems like the 8,000k was an afterthought. Had they designed this light specifically for planted tanks I believe they would have used wider lenses. Spectrum looks great though and should be a nice addition to planted tank lighting options.

I spoke to Chris at coralvue about this fixture. It will be available in the 4th week of January 2013 in the US. So like february in all likelihood.

I spoke to Jeremy at premium aquatics about this light as well and he told me that it throws a fairly narrow beam when mounted on the tank. It was designed to provide high lighting for reef applications and it seems like the 8,000k was an afterthought. Had they designed this light specifically for planted tanks I believe they would have used wider lenses. Spectrum looks great though and should be a nice addition to planted tank lighting options.

It comes with a ceiling hook up assembly kit. Your saying its better to hook it up to the ceiling and increase the hight? Im sure regardleas it wont matter much considering the power these things got

It comes with a ceiling hook up assembly kit. Your saying its better to hook it up to the ceiling and increase the hight? Im sure regardleas it wont matter much considering the power these things got

correct. When I spoke to Jeremy about this, the conversation had been prefaced on the fact that I have to mount my light on the tank which is what led to the comment about the tight beam. Hanging this fixture will certainly provide more coverage, and the cree emmitters put out plenty of light. Even at 18" above the tank Im sure its got more than enough output. I doubt that anyone using this light for a planted application will need to run them at 100%.

I spoke to Chris at coralvue about this fixture. It will be available in the 4th week of January 2013 in the US. So like february in all likelihood.

I spoke to Jeremy at premium aquatics about this light as well and he told me that it throws a fairly narrow beam when mounted on the tank. It was designed to provide high lighting for reef applications and it seems like the 8,000k was an afterthought. Had they designed this light specifically for planted tanks I believe they would have used wider lenses. Spectrum looks great though and should be a nice addition to planted tank lighting options.

This is the light fixture that I will likely get for my 90-H. If the tech aspects are indeed an after thought with regards to planted tanks it may prove to be an interesting twist of irony. I have read many posts where reefers are actually going back to MH light systems from LED systems. Maybe current LED technology is better suited to planted tanks?

This is the light fixture that I will likely get for my 90-H. If the tech aspects are indeed an after thought with regards to planted tanks it may prove to be an interesting twist of irony. I have read many posts where reefers are actually going back to MH light systems from LED systems. Maybe current LED technology is better suited to planted tanks?

This is the light fixture that I will likely get for my 90-H. If the tech aspects are indeed an after thought with regards to planted tanks it may prove to be an interesting twist of irony. I have read many posts where reefers are actually going back to MH light systems from LED systems. Maybe current LED technology is better suited to planted tanks?

Im plannig to have my light fixture hung from ceiling (getting there soon :p so lazy, hopefully by the weekend.)

For led technology... I dont really know but im loving this kit lol. Weekly
Trimming and my colors pop. Ill be making a journal soon enough to show growth etc .

I haven't really considered a chronological journal. Maybe I will post a bit about the progress of things. Right now I am putting the finishing touches on a DIY ADA style stand. I can definitely provide some lessons learned there.

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